Mechanical behaviour of normal modulus carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) and epoxy under impact tensile loads

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 2453-2458

  AL Zubaidy, Haider ^a   Zhao, Xiao Ling ^a   Al Mihaidi, Riadh ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epoxy; Impact tensile loading; Mechanical properties; Normal modulus CFRP

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BRIDGE DECKS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON FIBERS; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE STRESS;

CARBON FIBRE REINFORCED POLYMER; EPOXY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; IMPACT TENSILE LOADINGS; IMPACT TENSILE LOADS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; QUASI-STATIC; STRAIN-RATE-DEPENDENT;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 80052916550     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.04.404     Document Type: Conference Paper

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